Shadow Shoguns
Jacob Schlesinger, a Wall Street Journal correspondent from 1989 to 1994, talked about his new book, Shadow Shoguns: The Rise and Fall of Ja… read more
Jacob Schlesinger, a Wall Street Journal correspondent from 1989 to 1994, talked about his new book, Shadow Shoguns: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Postwar Political Machine. The book focuses on the last 25 years of Japanese politics, especially the dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party and its struggles in the 1990s. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience. close
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